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. During the recording of the album, two members of the band ( John Cann and Paul Hammond), were injured in a serious car accident in Belgium. Cann had been sitting in the front passenger seat of their

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and suffered an injured back and broken ribs, while Hammond, who had been asleep in the back seat, broke both his legs. Cann spent a week in hospital in

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, and Hammond two months.Jeff Perkins, ''Bolex Dementia'' sleeve notes, Angel Air release, 2011. The band managed to finish recording ''Bolex Dementia'', but Cann later stated, "When I listen to it, it sounds a little patchy and not how we intended it to be... It still has its good moments but it's a shame it all happened the way it did." Hard Stuff split shortly after the release of the album, and the members went their separate ways. After declining to rejoin

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, Cann briefly joined

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before recording a solo album, ''

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''. Gustafson joined

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, while Hammond continued to recover from his injuries before working with Cann on his solo album.

Track listing

Side 1

#"Roll a Rocket" ( John Cann) – 5:19 #"Libel" ( John Gustafson) – 3:58 #"Ragman" (Gustafson) – 3:01 #"Spider's Web" (Cann) – 4:55 #"Get Lost" (Cann) – 3:01

Side 2

#"Sick n' Tired" (Cann) – 4:04 #"Mermany" (Gustafson) – 5:58 #"Jumpin' Thumpin' (Ain't That Somethin')" (Cann) – 2:55 #"Dazzle Dizzy" (Gustafson) – 3:41 #"Bolex Dementia" (Gustafson) – 3:41

CD bonus tracks

#"Inside Your Life" (Gustafson) – 3:04 #"(It's) How You Do It" (Cann) – 3:04

Notes

*The US pressing of the album reversed the sides, and some later CD releases reversed the track listing so that Side 2 came before Side 1, and "Sick 'n' Tired" was the opening track. *Later releases showed John Cann's name as John Du Cann, as he later became known by this name.

Personnel

* John Cann –

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* John Gustafson –

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, vocals * Paul Hammond –

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*Engineer – Louie Austin *Produced by Hard Stuff *Mastering – Gilbert Kong *Cover painting – István Sándorfi; US pressing – John Charles Youssi *Photography – Fin Costello *Art direction – Sheila Green

References

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